# Botticelli - Sep 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928 "2013-09-03T22:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/261 "2013-09-19T15:12:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a California highwayman? > IQ2: Were you driven out one rainy evening, with nothing but a fine-toothed comb? > IQ3: Did you spend almost 500 years in suspended animation after a mine cave-in? > [@Draelin](#): > > I am not Bill Bailey, and I’m probably going to kick myself for the other two, but 2 DQs. Black Bart. Correct on Bill Bailey. Buck Rogers. DQ1: Male? DQ2: European? IQ1: Are you a real pirate who shares a surname with a fictional one? IQ2: Do you have 500 hats? IQ3: Was “Yakety Sax” used as the theme song for your TV show? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/262 "2013-09-19T15:17:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a real pirate who shares a surname with a fictional one? > IQ2: Do you have 500 hats? > IQ3: Was “Yakety Sax” used as the theme song for your TV show? I am not Bartholomew Cubbins or Benny Hill, and walk the plank with a DQ for #1. DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not American. 3. Female. 4. European. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/263 "2013-09-19T15:29:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a real pirate who shares a surname with a fictional one? > IQ2: Do you have 500 hats? > IQ3: Was “Yakety Sax” used as the theme song for your TV show? > [@Draelin](#): > > I am not Bartholomew Cubbins or Benny Hill, and walk the plank with a DQ for #1. Bartholomew Roberts (not to be confused with The Dread Pirate Roberts). Correct on Bartholomew Cubbins and Benny Hill. DQ: Living? IQ1: Are you a reformed jewel thief who must solve crimes to prove his own innocence? IQ2: Are you a burglar who must solve crimes to prove his own innocence? IQ3: Do you write stories about said burglar? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/264 "2013-09-19T15:35:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a reformed jewel thief who must solve crimes to prove his own innocence? > IQ2: Are you a burglar who must solve crimes to prove his own innocence? > IQ3: Do you write stories about said burglar? I am drawing three complete blanks, and I know I’m going to be pissed at myself, but 3 more DQs. Wait … I’ll say I’m not Matt Bomer, but that’s the actor and not the character. Worth a shot. 🙂 Take 2 or 3 DQs as necessary. DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not American. 3. Female. 4. European. 5. Dead ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/265 "2013-09-19T15:41:32Z")
IQs: 1. Be ye the likely boyo who played Will Turner? 2. Were ye the captain of a ship with black sails, crewed by the damned and so evil that Hell itself spat ye back out? 3. Did ye give poor ol’ Billy Bones the black spot? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/266 "2013-09-19T15:46:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Be ye the likely boyo who played Will Turner? > 2. Were ye the captain of a ship with black sails, crewed by the damned and so evil that Hell itself spat ye back out? > 3. Did ye give poor ol’ Billy Bones the black spot? I am not Orlando Bloom or Captain Barbossa. And I can’t remember the answer for #3 because all I can think about is _Muppet Treasure Island,_ so take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/267 "2013-09-19T15:50:59Z")
Blind Pew (ye may recall him mistakin’ Jim 'Awkins fer a girl in Muppet TI). DQ: British? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/268 "2013-09-19T15:57:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Blind Pew (ye may recall him mistakin’ Jim 'Awkins fer a girl in Muppet TI). All I could see in my mind was Billy Connolly yelling “Jim, Jim, Jimmy Jim Jim.” 🙂 DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not American. 3. Female. 4. European. 5. Dead 6. Not British. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/269 "2013-09-19T17:09:03Z")
Yarr, I be havin’ no idea 'twere ITLAP day today. IQ1: Be ye a member of a prominent Italian family and known fer offin’ yer rivals wit’ poison? IQ2: Be ye marryin’ an English king who be in the habit o’ decapitatin’ his wives? IQ3: Be ye leadin’ the Iceni tribe? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/270 "2013-09-19T17:12:28Z")
Yarr, sure and I’ve never heard of Catherine Tate either, but as the next round be well and truly underway, I’ll let it go at that. From the previous round, me hearties: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your much more famous son fail to go to your funeral, when he relatively easily might have? > Was your previous marijuana use an issue after your death? > Are you the most famous son of Lancaster, Ohio? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Treyvon Martin William Tecumseh Sherman So the next round be a B, eh? IQs: Did ye play a network exec who suffered from unrequited love? Did some complain when a lass from another country was cast to play ye? Did ye play a famous role in a hair color that was unnatural to ye? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/271 "2013-09-19T17:28:06Z")
I be hearin’ o’ Catherine Tate, an I quite often be failin’ to know who a particular person who were chosen be. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/272 "2013-09-19T18:00:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a reformed jewel thief who must solve crimes to prove his own innocence? > IQ2: Are you a burglar who must solve crimes to prove his own innocence? > IQ3: Do you write stories about said burglar? > [@Draelin](#): > > I am drawing three complete blanks, and I know I’m going to be pissed at myself, but 3 more DQs. Wait … I’ll say I’m not Matt Bomer, but that’s the actor and not the character. Worth a shot. 🙂 Take 2 or 3 DQs as necessary. Boston Blackie. Bernie Rhodenbarr. Lawrence Block. DQ1: Native speaker of a Romance language? DQ2: Known for the arts? DQ3: First name begin with B? IQ1: Were you a lovely blonde who starred in a Louis L’Amour western with Sean Connery? IQ2: Were you a red-haired newspaper-comic reporter? IQ3: Were you the leader of a WWII-era group of fighter pilots? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/273 "2013-09-19T18:14:06Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Be ye a member of a prominent Italian family and known fer offin’ yer rivals wit’ poison? > IQ2: Be ye marryin’ an English king who be in the habit o’ decapitatin’ his wives? > IQ3: Be ye leadin’ the Iceni tribe? Lucretia Borgia, Anne Boleyn, and Boadicca, I am surely not. > [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > Did ye play a network exec who suffered from unrequited love? > Did some complain when a lass from another country was cast to play ye? > Did ye play a famous role in a hair color that was unnatural to ye? Avast, have yerself 3 DQs, as I’ve not a bloody idea. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a lovely blonde who starred in a Louis L’Amour western with Sean Connery? > IQ2: Were you a red-haired newspaper-comic reporter? > IQ3: Were you the leader of a WWII-era group of fighter pilots? I am not Britt Ekland (that’s a guess) or Brenda Starr. One or two DQs. DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not American. 3. Female. 4. European. 5. Dead 6. Not British. 7. Not a native speaker of a romance language. 8. Not known for the arts. 9. First name does not begin with B. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/274 "2013-09-19T19:52:03Z")
First some cleanup… > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you depicted in Gutzon Borglum’s most famous work? > IQ2: Did many people mistakenly believe the Kinks’ hit “Waterloo Sunset” was about you and your co-star in a 1967 literary adaptation? > IQ3: Are you the author of the novel referenced in IQ2? Teddy Roosevelt, depicted on Mount Rushmore. Terence Stamp, who appeared in Far From The Madding Crowd, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy. IQ1: Be ye a stutterin’ sailor? IQ2: Did ye found the Little People of America? IQ3: Did ye kill Grendel and his mum? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/275 "2013-09-19T19:59:34Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Be ye a stutterin’ sailor? > IQ2: Did ye found the Little People of America? > IQ3: Did ye kill Grendel and his mum? I am not Beowulf. I am maybe not Billy Barty, but that’s a guess based solely on the subject matter that I’m totally going to Wikipedia to look up after I post. 🙂 The stuttering sailor has stumped me, so one or two DQs, depending on whether I’m right about #2. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/276 "2013-09-19T20:06:55Z")
IQs: 1. D’ye run really, really fast? 2. Are ye the really, really fast grampa of #1? 3. Did ye have a habit of killin’ off yer wives? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/277 "2013-09-19T20:15:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. D’ye run really, really fast? > 2. Are ye the really, really fast grampa of #1? > 3. Did ye have a habit of killin’ off yer wives? Not Bart or Barry Allen, nor Bluebeard. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/278 "2013-09-19T20:47:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a lovely blonde who starred in a Louis L’Amour western with Sean Connery? > IQ2: Were you a red-haired newspaper-comic reporter? > IQ3: Were you the leader of a WWII-era group of fighter pilots? > [@Draelin](#): > > I am not Britt Ekland (that’s a guess) or Brenda Starr. One or two DQs. Brigitte Bardot was the female lead in _Shalako_. Correct on Brenda Starr. Blackhawk, from the DC comics. DQ1: Known for the sciences? DQ2: Native speaker of a Germanic language? IQ1: Did your father work with as real dummy? IQ2: Were you a dummy whose family included a gay man, a man who thought he could make himself invisible, and a small-time gangster? IQ3: Did your teacher make multiple attempts to kill you after you broke off an affair with her? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/279 "2013-09-19T22:47:26Z")
IQ: Be ye a Communist terrorist (an’ I be acceptin’ last name only, because I don’t be knowin’ the first name)? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/280 "2013-09-20T01:44:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did ye play a network exec who suffered from unrequited love? > Did some complain when a lass from another country was cast to play ye? > Did ye play a famous role in a hair color that was unnatural to ye? > [@Draelin](#): > > …Avast, have yerself 3 DQs, as I’ve not a bloody idea… 'Twas Bob Balaban in _Seinfeld_, who had a soft spot in his heart for Elaine, but alas, she cared naught for him Yarr, Renee Zellwegger was cast as Bridget Jones, though she be not a proper Englishwoman Kenneth Branagh played Hamlet with blonde hair, a most unnatural sight > [@Draelin](#): > > … that’s a guess based solely on the subject matter that I’m totally going to Wikipedia to look up after I post. 🙂 … Yarr, so ye’ll be wantin’ some keelhaulin’, is that what ye mean to say? DQs: Political/military? Dead before 1900? One DQ reserved, if it suits ye. IQs: Was it said that ye bathed in the blood of virgins? Did ye play a spy and marry a musician? Were ye likened by yer boss to a blunt instrument? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=15)